You Get What You Get and Don’t Throw a Fit
Know What You Have and Prepare for It
PREPARE TO DEVELOP YOUR ATHLETES
2014 BLUEJAY FOOTBALL – 41 PLAYERS Know Your Philosophy and Know Your Players
Adapt to Your Players’ Strengths
There are a Lot of Schemes with a Lot of Formations, Plays, Alignments, etc.
Need to be able to Execute at High Level
There is Always HOPE!
MAKE PRACTICE MEANINGFUL
work as a staff to develop a practice culture and a practice routine – players must be coached up to do this…practice your VISION
if there is a what…there needs to be a why
must be organized prior to stepping on the field (drills, equipment, time, teams, etc.)
practice should be faster than game speed and always competitive
condition with a purpose (not punishment)
MAKE PRACTICE MEANINGFUL
know when to slow down to coach and when to coach on the fly (indy/group/team)
practice your game plan – don’t waste time on “what ifs” and “maybes”…scouting report
practice game percentages – you may only spend 10 total plays by the goal line in a game (off/def) so don’t spend 30 minutes during practice, you spend more time on hashes than you do in the middle of the field…move the ball
You Can’t Beat Your Opponent if You’re Always Beating Yourself
Give Your Players the Best Possible Chance
WORRY ABOUT YOU 1ST, OPPONENT 2ND
WHAT DOES THE FILM SAY?
use film from practices/games to scout yourself to see if players are playing the way you are coaching
film doesn’t lie
what core fundamentals are lacking on film – this is what your focus should be for that week’s practice and should see improvement on by the end of the week
film during season – only use what you need
SCOUTING YOUR OPPONENT
what are their strengths/weaknesses
what schemes are they running
how will they attack/align
practice what you scout (quality)
2013 Milford Scouting Report
hudl play cards, scout report, scout coach, coach up scout players (best of the rest, half line)
DIVIDING THE SEASON UP
1st two weeks
all about us – core drills and fundamentals, our schemes, conditioning
regular season
focus on opponents while still working on what we need to fix
playoffs
fine-tuning core drills and fundamentals while focus on opponents
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
SUNDAY MONDAY
Coaches Meet
Coordinators Discuss Plan and Have Scout Film Ready
Develop Schedule and Scout Report
No Players
AM Film Session with Players on Last Week’s Game
PM Film Session with Players on Upcoming Opponent with Scout Report
Fundamental Practice with Conditioning Game
JV Game
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
TUESDAY Wednesday
Full Practice Focused on Offense (Indy/Group/Team)
Team Tackling/Takeaway
Special Team Choice
Game-Like Conditioning
Defense Choice
Full Practice Focused on Defense (Indy/Group/Team)
Team Blocking
Special Team Choice
Pursuit
Offense Choice
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
THURSDAY FRIDAY
Game Field Full Practice
PAT/FG and Block
Review All (O/D/Sp) and Clean Up
Live Run-Through
C Team Game Possible
Group/Team Meetings
Varsity Game
Team Meal
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
SATURDAY PRACTICE SCHEDULES
DAY OFF!!!!!
No Players
Coaches Work on Own to Be Ready for Sunday
Laundry
1st Two Weeks Practice Schedule
Regular Season Practice Schedule
Playoff Practice Schedule
Build the Foundation
What You Believe is Needed to Consistently Place Your Players in Opportunities to Succeed
CORE DRILLS AND FUNDAMENTALS
USING A SYSTEMIC APPROACH
practice is divided into indy, group, and team
indy – fundamentals and “sakr”
group – communication and timing
team – live adversity, best of the rest
each section builds upon the other and focuses on the bigger picture
EXAMPLE OF SYSTEMIC APPROACH practice focus is on power/counter running game and play
action off of it indy (coach slow)
oline – down/pull/slide blocks qb – pre-snap reads, after snap movement/throws rb – path, blocking rules, vision, routes wr – blocking rules, routes
group (coach slow) inside – work counter/power/trap with communicating our
blocking schemes and play action slide protection outside – use a-frame to work paths, checks, routes, and blocking
rules
team (coach on fly) move the ball, down and distance, defensive pressure, game-like
INDY TIME EXAMPLES
OFFENSIVE FUNDAMENTALS DEFENSIVE FUNDAMENTALS
oline blocking rules, hands, feet chute, boards, sled, man on man 1 on 1, 2 on 1, 2 on 2, 3 on 2
qb passing/option rules/fundamentals reads
rb ball security, vision, blocking rules pad level, agility
wr hands, agility, blocking rules sharp routes
dline hands, feet, block recognition,
reaction chute, sled, man on man 1 on 1, 1 on 2, 2 on 2, 2 on 3
lbs block recognition, reaction hands, feet, attack, press, shed man on man
dbs footwork, hips, playing ball/man man and zone block recognition, reaction reading patterns
GROUP TIME EXAMPLES
OFFENSIVE CORE DRILLS DEFENSIVE CORE DRILLS
inside communication, 1 step
man on man, half line, chute
outside – a-frame paths, communication, reads
blocking rules, 7 on 9
dline align, schemes, movement communicate to lbs block recognition, destruction
funnel edge, inside, fill, communicate block recognition, reaction align, schemes, movement 7 on 7 des and corners over,
communication
corners man drills
TEAM TIME EXAMPLES
OFFENSE DEFENSE
11 on 11, 11 on 13/14
2 minute
down and distance
goal line
gauntlet
no verbal cues
move ball, punt/pat/fg
dt x3
9/11, 11 on 11
no huddle
down and distance
goal line
gauntlet
move ball, punt return, pat/fg block
dt x3
CORE DRILLS
Weekly Blocking Circuit Sled, Refit, 2nd Level
Weekly Tackle/Takeaway Circuit Open Field, Angle, Shed, Oklahoma, Gutz
2 on 1 Rip/Punch Dirty/Clean, 2 on 1 Tackle/Punch, Bear Crawl
Weekly Pursuit Cardinal, Falcon, Buccaneer
Weekly Conditioning Early On Purpose then Transition to Game-Like
DON’T BE AFRAID
Have Fun
Exit Drills
Thursday Skits
Music
Change Location
Frosh Jokes
Season Unity Field Trips
Birthdays